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Just spend the money. Your comfort and stability (safety) are worth the extra dough.
By B. Miller on Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2023
I found out about Mobilegs after staring at my crutches that look exactly like the ones I had in second grade. I was dumbfounded that’s how we were still doing things after 30+ years. I mean surely SOMEONE has to have done SOMETHING to improve crutches in all that time! Within one day of receiving the Mobilegs, I went from dreading a trip to the bathroom to PACING BACK AND FORTH while talking on the phone just like I used to do before the ACL was disintegrated. The innovative angled ergo grips are a life (and limb) saver. The under arm ‘things’ are not only much more comfortable and vented, but they are hinged to allow movement when walking! I know what you’re thinking: “but I already have crutches why should I spend $100+?” Because it is not the price of something it is the VALUE of that thing. The difference here is not merely some extra padding and some fancy looks like some of the other “upgraded” crutches you will find. The jump in comfort and stability is not like going from say a Kia to a BMW. These crutches are more like the jump from a tuk tuk in Thailand to a Rolls Royce. I don’t care what income bracket you are in. If you are forced to be on crutches for any length of time, steal from grandmama if you have to get the extra money. Disclaimer: that last sentence was a joke. But if you want to go from balancing on those archaic death sticks to using a pice of equipment that actually feels a part of you, you’re just going to have to find the extra dough. You’ll thank me and the rest of the reviewers here later. The fact that these are not even a paid upgrade option at your typical Ortho center is a crime. Mobilegs should be the new “standard” crutch.
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10 people found this helpful
Good, but not perfect
By Finx on Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2024
These are the best crutches I've ever used for the basic act of walking with them. They are not without faults however. I need one crutch to go up and down the stairs in my house. I leave one crutch at the top of the stairs and my walker at the bottom. Because these mobilegs crutches are not interchangeable between left and right, I can't use them for this purpose. I need a right side going down and a left side going up. To use these I would either have to carry the other crutch, or have someone swap them for me. Neither of these are good options for independant living. They are difficult to use to get up from seated. Because the handles are at an angle, and are very bulky, you can't combine two of them into one hand to use as support to get up from a seated position. This can be overcome by just using one crutch as a support to get up from seated to standing, however this only works if you have the second crutch close enough to reach it once you are up and standing. This is not always possible, and can be awkward (which brings me to the third fault). Because of the odd shape of the legs, and the angle of the handles, it's nearly impossible to get them to lean up against a wall without them falling over. The feet are fine, and very grippy, but when they are leaning and the edge of the foot is on a hard floor surface, they will slide and fall down even if they are stored at a fairly steep angle. I found that I had to lay them down someplace nearby to prevent them from sliding down when I had them against a wall. Additionally the angled handles contribute to this 'storage' challenge, because they can only be leaned against a wall from one side, and you can't combine (stack?) them together. A basic set of $29 crutches solves all of these problems. I ended up with a set of Mobilegs and a set of cheap basic crutches that I use specifically for going up and down stairs. All of that said, if you are doing a lot of walking with crutches, the ergonomics of these things can't be beat. The things that make them a little awkward for the stairs and/or standing from sitting, are the things that make them extremely comfortable for walking. I can walk much further and much more often with these crutches than I can with standard crutches before my hands and arms start to fatigue. And the blisters/calluses I had on my hands with standard crutches are thing of the past.
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